The book, Our Stars by Anne Rockwell, is an introductory book to space. It talks about stars, the moon, constellations, meteors, and comets. There is a picture that goes along with every new term they introduce in the book and the author uses kid friendly language to introduce the concepts of space. The book touches on the importance of the stars and sun in changing seasons and on the historical impact that stars had.
I liked this book because it touched on all of the important vocabulary and introductory topics of space but also leaves more room for inquiry and explanation.
This book is a good starting place for a unit on space. I would read it aloud with my students, create a KWL chart, and then dive into a unit on space. ( )

This book discusses constellations, planets, meteors, and other space related concepts.
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Genre: Informational
Medium: gouache and silkscreen
This is a book that tells about the sun, stars, and planets, and how they are related to each other. The book used a combination of pictures, and diagrams, to show what the words are describing. This book has some bigger words in it, so it would be difficult for a beginning reader to use. I would definitely use this book with my class to introduce a unit on outer space, or the sun and stars. The book relates the sun and moon to realistic things, like how and why we see the sun and moon, and describes why the moon doesn't always look the same. The book also mentions history, because it describes how people used to think the start constellations meant something. I really like this book for an informational book!

Easy read for children; informational book about science concerning the universe (astronomy). ( )

The introduces the reader to many astronomical information and vocabulary. It covers many different informational topics that include constellations, stars, the sun, the Big Dipper, Polaris, planets, moons, comets, meteors and other parts of the universe.